What are you brewing?

[nzbrewer]

Since this is the most popular thread on the RealBeer.co.nz forum I thought I would start it here just to see what happens

[Martin Bridges]

Nah, I just tipped it. I did think of sparging it to get some spare starter wort, but I couldn't be bothered. It's such a small beer I didn't feel like I'd wasted much.

[Mike Neilson]

Got me a little Pale Ale brewing at the moment

 

90% TF Golden Promise

10% TF Light Crystal

 

67 Degree Mash

 

15 Ibu Simcoe @ 60

2g/L Simcoe @ 15

3g/L Simcoe @ 0

 

1.045 - 1.012 4.3% Abv

38Ibu

1469

 

[JoKing]

Where'd you get that Simcoe from bro?

[Mike Neilson]

Hop Union, Yakima, Washington, United States of America

[Andrew]

Putting this down on Saturday, my first American Hop head beer and I,m going for a slightly tweaked Pliny The Elder Clone I got from Zymurgy:

Pliny The Elder Clone 2
Batch size 20 litres Boil size 25.76 litres Boil time 90 minutes Grain weight 5.69 kilograms Efficiency 80%	Original gravity 1.072 Final gravity 1.018 Alcohol (by volume) 6.9% Bitterness (IBU) 89 Color (SRM) 8.4°L
Yeast 14 dry grams Dry     Fermentis Safale US-05   Grains/Extracts/Sugars 5.69 kilograms Maris Otter     38ppg, 4°L 5 kilograms     87.9% Dextrin     33ppg, 1.5°L 0.28 kilograms     4.9% Crystal 40L     34ppg, 40°L 0.23 kilograms     4.0% Sucrose      0.18 kilograms     3.2%   Hops 276 grams Simcoe hops     13%, Pellet 117 grams Columbus hops     13%, Pellet 96 grams Centennial hops     10%, Pellet 63 grams	Mash 60 minutes, 33.59 litres Strike     Target 67°C 17.24 litres 73°C 60 minutes (+0) Sparge     Target 77°C 16.34 litres 82°C   Boil 90 minutes, 25.76 litres Columbus hops     13%, Pellet 50 grams 90 minutes (+0) Columbus hops     13%, Pellet 11 grams 45 minutes (+45) Simcoe hops     13%, Pellet 11 grams 30 minutes (+60) Wort chiller 15 minutes (+75) Centennial hops     10%, Pellet 28 grams 0 minutes (+90) Simcoe hops     13%, Pellet 71 grams 0 minutes (+90)   Ferment 14 days @ 15-24°C Columbus hops     13%, Pellet 28 grams 12 days (+2) Centennial hops     10%, Pellet 28 grams 12 days (+2) Simcoe hops     13%, Pellet 28 grams 12 days (+2) Columbus hops     13%, Pellet 7 grams 5 days (+9) Centennial hops     10%, Pellet 7 grams 5 days (+9) Simcoe hops     13%, Pellet 7 grams 5 days (+9)

[Reviled]

Plz tell me where you got Columbus and Simcoe and plz also tell me you have more available for everyone??

[Raffe]

I am pretty sure Mike at Brewer's Coop had some Simcoe in his hops fridge when I was there last Saturday...

[Andrew]

I rang him today and he has some in stock. He's bagging some up for me to collect on the way home :)

[Richard Jack]

Did you forget to stock up Tyler? :)

[Barry]

If I recall correctly he got Doreen's last kilo, I took 200gm a couple of weeks ago. get in quick.

[James P]

Yeah when I spoke to him a couple of weeks ago he said they were pushing the NZ hops rather than supplying any US.... I'm sure Liberty will come to the party though! :)

[JoKing]

We had a pretty good month this time round, so I'm pretty confident that I can start stocking up for my humble contingent. It's going to cost me $thousands though!

 

There will be some European varieties as well as a good stock hard to get of UK hops.

 

If I get a few groveling "please sir's" I might even see if I can *afford* to stock up on the US ones.